'''Michel Delving''' was the chief town of [[the Shire]]. It was located in the [[White Downs]] that lay within the [[Westfarthing]] on the [[East Road]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref> This large town was unofficially considered to be more or less the Hobbits' "capital". The [[Mayor of Michel Delving]] (or of the Shire) was the only real official in the Shire, under whom were attached the offices of [[Postmaster]] and [[First Shirriff]] for the entire region.<ref>{{FR|Ordering}}</ref> The museum known as the [[Mathom-house]] could be found in Michel Delving.<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>

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'''Michel Delving''' was the chief town of [[the Shire]]. It was located in the [[White Downs]] that lay within the [[Westfarthing]] on the [[East Road]].<ref>{{FR|Part}}</ref> This large town was unofficially considered to be more or less the Hobbits' "capital". The [[Mayor of Michel Delving]] (or of the Shire) was the only real official in the Shire, under whom were attached the offices of [[Postmaster]] and [[First Shirriff]] for the entire region.<ref>{{FR|Ordering}}</ref>

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The [[Town Hole]]<ref>{{FR|I9}}</ref>, the museum known as the [[Mathom-house]]<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref>, as well as the storage tunnels later known as [[Lockholes]]<ref>{{RK|Scouring}}</ref>, could be found in Michel Delving.